San Quentin Inmates Find Escape in Yoga Rehab Class (Bay City News Service)

By RACHEL PURDY, Bay City News Service
June 14, 2011

In a portable classroom behind a set of bleachers lined with inmates cheering for the San Quentin Giants, James Fox speaks in a hushed, soothing voice to a group of 10 "lifers" in his weekly hatha yoga class.

"Close your eyes, and free your mind of thought," Fox tells his students amid the din of the prison baseball game outside.

Sitting cross-legged with the word "PRISONER" printed on the side of his denim pants, Keith Augustine starts to make his escape.

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